BACK TO THE ARTIST   The Luncheon, 1868           Details     Description     Artist Manet, Édouard This scene in the artist’s studio, in which the figures have no interaction, remains one ofManet’s most enigmatic works. This might in part be due to the fact that the boy depicted is Leon Leenhoff, who, although passed off as the brother ofManet’s wife Suzanne, was almost certainly their son - born eleven years before their marriage. The female figure is clearly a maid, and in the background ss Auguste Rousselin, a painter and pupil of Couture. The painting was exhibited at the Salon of 1869.     Date 1868   Institution Neue Pinakothek, Munich     Medium Oil on canvas   Dimensions 118.3 x 154.0 cm